The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated(估计) to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.

In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate(足够的) working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.

The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.

1.What would be the best title for this passage?

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

3.According to the passage, what is the main reason for the widespread use of English?

4.What forms an adequate working knowledge of English?

5.What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English?

6.C。细节题。根据文章最后一段倒数第2句可推知此题

单词拼写（本题共10题，1-5题每题空1分，6-10题每空0.5分，共10分）
根据句子所给单词的首字母或中文意思，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词正确的完全形式（每空限一词）。
【小题1】Heavy rains have a_______ the life of about 680,000 people in Hunan province.  
【小题2】We admire her for she has a g________ for singing and dancing. 
【小题3】To live a long and healthy life,we must learn to have a b_________ diet.
【小题4】As is known to all, smoking is h_________ to our health.
【小题5】This hotel r________ me of the one we stayed in last year.
【小题6】We should ______  ____ (依靠) our parents before we become grow-ups.
【小题7】He _____  _____ on (瞧不起) anyone who hasn't had a college education.
【小题8】 When the fire _____  ____ (爆发)，I was reading an interesting book.
【小题9】Super-parents Gil and Kelly Bates, from America, love babies so much that they already have ____  ______ (抚养)18 children.  
【小题10】After they married, they ______ ______  (定居) in a small village, leading a quiet life.

请根据首字母及句意，写出正确的单词。（每小题1分，共10分）
【小题1】After          (毕业) from college, we got the chance to travel abroad.
【小题2】When the war in Iraq broke out, they were c            about their son， who was working there.
【小题3】Earthquake is one of the most terrible d            .
【小题4】A d         person always tries to finish the job, no matter how hard it is.
【小题5】Do you know how many provinces the Yellow River f       through?
【小题6】His poor English is a(n)            （不利之处）when he looks for a job.
【小题7】I hope that the problem will be settled in a               way. (和平的)
【小题8】The United States of America was f             on July 4, 1776.
【小题9】I p        swimming to running because staying in cool water is much more fun.
【小题10】There was a hot discussion because they each had a
different            .(观点)

阅读下列各小题，根据所给的汉语句子，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
【小题1】By the time he was twelve years old, he __________________ a chemistry lab of his own.   (set)
他十二岁时，已经建立了自己的化学实验室。
【小题2】_______________ that China produces one third of the world’s cigarettes. (astonish)
令人震惊的是全世界三分之一的香烟是由中国生产的。
【小题3】____________________ should be no reason for treating one’s neighbors as strangers. （occupy）
工作繁忙不应该成为“对面不相识”的借口。
【小题4】Rosalyn loves sports. She is proud ________________ competitions and to have broken a record by running 800 meters this year. (participate)
罗莎琳热爱运动。她为今年参加比赛并打破800米赛跑的记录而感到骄傲。
【小题5】Not until we watched the Earth Day program on TV ______________________ much about global warming. (learn)
直到我们观看了地球日的电视节目，我们才了解了大量关于全球变暖的问题。
【小题6】The settlement is home to nearly 1,000 people, __________________ their village homes for a better life in the city.   （leave）
近千人在这一小社区居住，他们当中很多都是从农村老家来城市寻求更好的日子的。
【小题7】He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his pocket __________________ that there were boats for South America. （find）
他身无分文的来到新奥尔良时，却发现那里没有开往南美洲的船了。
【小题8】__________________ of over 400km per hour, the train can complete the 30-kilometre journey in eight minutes.  （travel）
以每小时400多公里的速度行驶，所以这辆火车能在8分钟之内可以完成30公里的行程。
【小题9】When the survivor came to himself, he was eager to know _________________that saved him from the burning house. (be)
当生还者醒过来后，他急切的想知道到底是谁把他从燃烧的房子里救出来的。
【小题10】Had he not broken the rules last week, he __________________ this week, which annoyed his mother. (fall)
要是上周他没有违反纪律，这周他就不会掉队，这让他妈妈很懊恼。